Biography of Practices
In addition to my role as a Muringong custodian, I am an artist and early-career
academic based in Gulamada, now known as the Blue Mountains, New South Wales.
My interdisciplinary cultural research draws on a lifetime of innovative creative approaches
and written expression, culminating in a Doctor of Philosophy in Fine Arts and Indigenous
Studies from the Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University (2024). My
previous studies include a Bachelor of Contemporary Indigenous Art (CAIA) and a Bachelor
of Fine Arts (Honours), for which I received the Chancellor's University Medals in 2017 and
2018. Prior to my Indigenous studies, I completed a Certificate in Visual Art with Honours at
the National Art School - East Sydney (1986-88).
My professional artistic life demonstrates continuity in Indigenous relationality and an
Indigenous intermediary practice, meaning I share site-specific knowledges and values
about Country through innovative contemporary art and design. I recently designed a major
public artwork for the new Western Sydney International Airport, and I regularly exhibit
sensorial installations throughout Sydney. My art is multidisciplinary in relation to mediums
and approaches. For example, I work with site-specific (local) material cultures and mixed
media to respond to and visualise cultural landscapes through paintings, sculptures, video and more. I share value-based knowledges about inherited material cultures across place and time through art and meaningful narratives.
2025 - Selected Critical Indigenous Studies Researcher, Macquarie University Fellowship of Indigenous Research (MUFIR: 2025-2029).
2024/25 - PhD Examination Exhibition - GULUMUN (Gulamun) Blue Mountains Cultural Centre
Artist Talk - Courtesy of Djon Mundine (OAM)
2023 - 2029 Sessional Academic - Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies
Wallamattagal Campus, Macquarie University, Sydney
2023 Selected artist in residence, Wayout Artspace Kandos / Selected artist, Cementa24
2022-23 Selected artist, Penrith Regional Gallery - Undercurrents
2022-23 Selected artist Blue Mountains Cultural Centre - Water Presence and Absence
(Included presenting a public weaving program)
2020-21 Selected artist NIRIN NGAAY - 22nd Biennale of Sydney, Blacktown Native Institution
Ngurra Bayali - Country Speaking
2021 - 2024 - Dharug Curator and Creative Producer on Country with City People
Supporting Zacpage, Liverpool Hospital foyer installation.
2020 Selected artist - Murura - more than one path /cultural consultant - Terra inFirma, Leo Kelly Blacktown Art Centre/IMAGinE Awards in 2021 /Curator Paul Howard
2020 Selected artist Bhadu Biyani - Tarnanthi - Grandmother Lore/Law
Curator Amanda Jane Reynolds
2020 Selected artist in residence and a solo exhibition - Nangamay, Hurstville Museum and Gallery
2019 Dhamarra - Hand - awarded Aboriginal Art Prize, Leo Kelly Blacktown Arts -
2019 Curator Q Theatre Penrith - muru yuu yura (murura yiyura)
Pathways and Peoples Connectivity, co-curator Nathan Sentance
(Included a publication in Audrey Journal)
2018 Lecturer Aboriginal Art and Culture, Queensland College of Art Griffith University
2017 Higher Degree Research Scholarship, Queensland College of Art and Design, Griffith University. PhD Conferral 8 April 2025.
2016 - 2017 Queensland College of Art and Design Indigenous Arrow Energy Scholarship
2015 - 2019, Stella Stories - Possum skin cloak reparations and production assistant
ngawiya maan film for Gadi Exhibition, Australian Museum
(Gadi - Winner of the IMAGinE ‘Exhibition Projects – Museums’ award)
2016 Volunteer - Griffith University Art Museum and Collection
2010 - 2013 Curator - Stories and Songs of the People, Bellingen, NSW
2012 - 2013 Borambola, Aboriginal Women’s Cultural Exchange, Wagga Wagga, NSW
1994 - 1998 Curator and owner, Alfred Street Studios and Exhibition Space, Brisbane
1996 - 1998 Teacher – Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Unit, TAFE QLD, Brisbane